wife not just because he is enable to see. The introduction of the story explains the relationship between narrator’s wife and the blind man‚ detailing how it evolved to its present status. It is in this part that I as a reader I see an example of the figurative blindness from which the narrator suffers because of his knowledge of the relationship between the two which seem to stem from his own troubled relationship with his wife. Is here when his wife gave him an ultimatum to accept Robert
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Idea/Theme Communicated/Technique Explanation Example/Quote Systems of Faith & Spirituality Pickles – Lady Luck/Shifty shadow Characterisations – the “funny” things they do. Eg spinning knives Plot – Fish drowning questions Oriels faith. (NS) Spiritual Fish – speaks in 1st person with purpose & spiritual perspective. It is this voice of Fish that gives insight into the spiritual realm that Fish exists in. Birds = spirituality. Represent ‘solid ground’ as well as spiritual freedom (Noah-dove)
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Explore how Gillian Clarke and Charles Causley present the relationship between a parent and child in ‘Catrin’ and ‘What has happened to Lulu?’ Gillian Clarke was born in Cardiff in 1937 she often writes poems about nature and her observations of people. One of the poems she wrote was ’Catrin.’ This poem in particular portrays the theme of a parent and child relationship and how they battle as the chills grows up. ’Catrin’ starts off with the birth of the child and how it was a struggle. It later
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People who’ve we’ve looked up to‚ or ways we ourselves have surpassed obstacles and succeeded. My personal example of grit‚ was the hard road I took‚ trying to learn English. I was young‚ the age of six‚ when I first came to America. I could speak broken English‚ with a very heavy Indian accent. It was hard‚ seeing as my mother was a literary fanatic. The idea
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we are from a different‚ possibly better off culture than them. He does this mainly through character‚ motifs and symbols. The main character‚ Kino‚ is a very simple man‚ living to support his family and watch his son grow up. Kino is a very good example of how greed and its negative forces can corrupt people; he represents how greed is a very powerful‚ negative force. At the beginning of the novella Kino is happy and content with his life; he has a wife and son‚ a canoe and a house and is a great
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about 102 by 230 feet. It had 17 columns along each of its sides and 8 columns on each end. 4 The distances between the columns of the Parthenon vary mathematically so that when viewed from a distance‚ the columns reflected optical distortions. For example‚ a column that was perfectly straight would look like it was leaning outward. In order to compensate for this distortion‚ the builders inclined the columns inward just slightly. There were four types of sculptures featured in the Parthenon. They
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Diagnostic Essay: "Saying No" Saying "no" seems like an easy thing to do. No‚ is just one simple two letter word. Then why do so many people have a problem saying "no" to something they don’t want to do? The answer is when people say no to someone‚ especially a friend‚ they feel guilty. They might feel like they are hurting their friends feelings by telling them no‚ or they might feel like they won’t fit in with certain people if they say "no". The most important thing to remember is that nobody
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Common Sense vs. Sociological explanation. Common Sense. • An opinion • Theories are subjects based of the interested opinions of social groups and individuals • Individualistic - explaining situations through a personal point of view • Naturalistic - offers a biological explanations‚ therefore ignoring the role of socialisation. Sociological Explanations. • An objective that is knowledge which attempts to be free of predjudice • Theories based on sociological
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In the epic the Odyssey by Homer (translated by Robert Fitzgerald) one of the most descriptive and best written passages in the entire epic is "The Slaying of the Suitors" (book 23 lines1-62). This is a good passage for many reasons‚ one of these is that it is a part of the story that has been built up and anticipated by all. Another is the vivid imagery used by Homer. There is one more reason‚ this being the tone of the passage. The tone of this passage is very important to it and adds
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Despite many criticisms‚ and a wealth of newer theories on the topic of managing people‚ Taylorism (i.e. Scientific Management) is alive and well in 21st century management practice. Initially instituted by Adam Smith‚ an economist‚ who first discovered increased outputs via the division of labour through the observation and application of breaking down tasks in the transformation processes of a pin factory‚ the concept of scientific management can be traced back to the 1800’s. However‚ the
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